Wagon-body



R. G. HART.

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WAGON BODY.

No. 388,675. Patented Au 28,- 1888.

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ATTORNEYS.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD G. HART, OF QUINCY, MISSOURI.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,675, dated August 28, 1888.

Application filed February 2. 1888. Serial No. 262,719.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, RICHARD G. HART, of Quincy, in the county of Hickory and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention pertains to certain improvements in wagons, having for its object to prevent undue or premature wear of the bottom and sides of the body by the bolsters and standards; and it consists of braces let into sockets in the bottom of the body and having a stepped or ribbed and socket connection with the sides of the body, and, secondly, of

angle-plates offset from and applied to the bottom of the body and forming the bottoms of said sockets, said plates also forming oli'sets at the side edges of the body-bottom, which, together with wear-plates let into the bodysides, remove or take the wear off the sides and bottom of the body, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of one side and portion of the bottom of a wagon-body embodying my invention; and Figs. 2 and 3 are detached perspective views of the brace, taken in reversed po' sitions.

In carrying out my invention I employ a brace, A, of which four are applied to the Wagonbody, and which is letinto a socket, a, in the bottom B of the body and extends the entire height of the wagon-body sides. The brace A is preferably oval in cross-section at its lower end and thickened thereat, as at a, which fills the socket a in the bottom. The said end of the brace A is formed with a vertical web, a extending from the upperend of the thickened portion a and tapering upward toward its upper end. This brace is also formed or armed at suitable intervals throughout its length with steps or teeth a a preferably with lower inclined surfaces, which, together with the vertical web a enter corresponding recesses or sockets, b I), made in the sides 0 of the body. This construction and disposition of parts prevent relative endwise movement of the sides and bottom and cause the sides to rest upon the said braces. The braces are suitably riveted to the sides, thus,

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with the aid of said steps and web, firmly and solidly locking the parts together.

D is an angle-plate, of which four are used,

one being applied to and forming the bottom of each brace-receiving socket a in the bottom B and resting upon the bolster, thus taking the combined weight of the braces and sides oh the bottom. The angle-plate D is ofiset or projects slightly beyond the bottom, in order to prevent the bottom from resting immediately upon the bolster, whereby undue or premature wear of the bottom of the bolster is avoided. is caused to rest against or in a mortise in the side edge of the bottom, and is also offset or projected a slight distance from the same, in order to remove the contacting surface of the usual bolster-standard from the bottom at that point. The horizontal portion of the angleplate D is also let into a mortise, which is formed in the under side of the bottom, while both its horizontal and vertical portions are riveted or screwed to the bottom. To each side 0 opposite the standard is ap plied or bolted a wearing-plate, E,in order to prevent the wearing away of the side by the standard.

This invention is simple and cheap and greatly adds to the strength and durability of the wagon-body, preventingas above set forth, undue or premature wear of the same.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The vertical portion of the angle D Q 1. The wagon-body brace consisting of the bottom, of the angle-plate forming the bottom of a socket in said bottom and offset from the side edge and under side thereof, substantially and a web,and the side having recesses or sockas set forth. ets which receive said steps and Web, said side [0 4. The combination, with the Wagon-body having a wearing-plate opposite the bolsterbottom having' a socket, of the angle-plate l standard, substantially as specified. 5 forming the bottom of said socket and project- RICHARD G. HART.

ing or offset from the underside and side edges WVitnesses:

of said bottom, the brace having its lower end A. A. CROUCH, let into said socket and provided with steps L. W. STILTZ. 

